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Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
U2 producer Daniel Lanois is making some pretty strong claims of late. First, there's his contention that U2 has reinvented rock'n'roll on their forthcoming album. In an interview with The Boston Herald, Lanois said, "The president of the company" -- hint: he means Bono -- "is singing better than ever and the tracks are wildly innovative. I would never have thought things would have gone this way. I believe, well, rock'n'roll has been reinvented one more time." [Via NME.com]
Bold words Lanois. Anything else? "I also think Bono's lyrics get better with every record."
Wait there just a minute buddy. Do you expect us to believe that Bono has eclipsed the lyrical genius of "Vertigo"'s multilingual word puzzle: "Hello, hello... (Hola)/I'm at a place called Vertigo (Dónde estás)"? You're talking crazy brother.
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Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
U2 will reach new levels of disappointment in 1..2..3..14
Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
U2 will reach new levels of disappointment in 1..2..3..14
Its funny how people keep saying that yet they continue to kick ass year in, year out and are the ONLY band to not be affected by the downloading era.
This band could shit an infectious single and sell out any stadium on the globe in a nanosecond.
That's not too shabby for "disappointment".:haha:
Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
U2 really burned their existing fanbase with a half-baked return to their '80s heyday beginning with 2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind. Rather than reinvent anything, they've done all they can to erase one part of their past while recreating another. Achtung Baby aside, their (largely superior) '90s catalogue has been disrespected and relegated to shoddy remixes to remove any of the experimental touches they employed at the time. This is coming from a life-long U2 fan, not a hater. What I do hate is what they've become, which is old.
Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
I wouldn't be so quick to toss this aside. While I agree I wasn't a fan of their post Achtung 90's stuff (Lemon etc)... I think they TOTALLY came back swinging with 2001's All That You Can't Leave Behind. Totally refound themselves & their style, and How To Dimantle An Atomic Bomb was a great followup. Vertigo seemed good, but was getting a little more of the same. One thing about U2, unlike bands like Aerosmith they definitely change it up every 3 albums or so.
Funny too, because I remember reading an article in 2000 about the making of the new album, and it mentioned an Edge guitar lick (I think it was Beautiful Day) & I remember thinking "pffffftt, U2?!" Boy was I wrong.
One more album I'm curious about, I read somewhere Butch Vig (of Nevermind fame) is producing the new Green Day album. That could have potential.
Re: U2 "Reinvent Rock" on New Album
Awesome interview with the Edge:
http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=5134
Usualy I dont' buy into Bono's hype but knowing that Eno and Lanois are producing this, knowing they've been asked to contribute to the writting, hearing Lanois thoughts on it and after reading this interview with The Edge I'm insanely psyched for this. I dont' wanna get ahead of myself, we all know it'll be hugely successful but I'm starting to get the sense we may be in store for somthing classic. Imagine if at this point in their carer they deliver on that?
